Introduction

The programming contest award ceremony will be held mid October at a location still to be confirmed, in China.

Competition Purposes

The purpose of the competition is to develop awareness for the OW2 code base among students and technicians, and to provide an opportunity for contestants to demonstrate their talent in computer programming. What's more, the contest aims at promoting teamwork and the ability of college students in science and technology to study and use OW2 open source projects. Based on principles of "freedom, sharing and creativity", and aiming at developing international communication and cooperation, the competition is overseen by IT professionals and academics from around the world.

Rules of Contest

Eligibility

Academic staff and students of universities and research institutes, engineers of industrial and business organizations, and all other professionals.

Registration

Once they have selected a topic, they should go to the
Registration page
for registration instructions.

Technical requirements

Participants can select a topic from the list provided on the OW2 Contest webpage.

After registration, participants are encouraged to get in touch with the topic contact, and exchange information on the corresponding project mailing list.

The software will be developed using the Trustie collaborative infrastructure or alternatively SVN on the OW2 Forge or Git. It should include appropriate documentation for installing and running the software, as well as examples and tests. The language for code comments and documentation should be English.

Award Selection

The Award Selection process includes three stages:

Shortlist of entries by an Expert Team,

Peer-evaluation on the Internet, and,

Final selection by the OW2 Technology Council.

In the first stage, works will be shortlisted from all the received submissions. Peer-evaluation on the
Internet will be made by the contest topic contacts. Finally, the selection team will decide on the
awards to be given, taking into consideration the results of the first and second stages.

Prizes

First prize: one award will be given (RMB 10 000 or a return flight to Beijing and five nights accommodation).

Second prize: up to FIVE awards will be given. (Each Award: RMB 2 000 or a netbook).

Third prize: up to TEN awards will be given. (Each Award: RMB 500 or external 1TB hard drive).